Tohoros 4:10-11
Tohoros 4:10
Rabbi Yosi says that a case of doubt regarding liquids is ruled unclean vis-à-vis food and clean vis-à-vis utensils, as follows: Let’s say that there were two jars, one ritually unclean and one ritually clean. If a person made dough with the contents of one jar and a doubt arose as to whether it was made with the contents of the unclean jar or the clean jar, this is a case of doubt regarding liquids in which food is ruled unclean and utensils are ruled clean.
Tohoros 4:11
“A doubt regarding whether hands have been rendered unclean, conveyed impurity or been purified is ruled clean,” “a doubt that arose in a public domain,” “a doubt regarding rabbinic law” (all from mishna 4:7) – for example, doubts as to whether one ate ritually-unclean food or drank ritually-unclean liquids, whether one immersed his head and the major part of his body in drawn water, or whether three log of drawn water fell on a person’s head and the major part of his body – all such cases of doubt are ruled clean. However, if a case of doubt arose regarding a primary source of impurity (av hatumah) it is ruled unclean even if it’s only an av hatumah under rabbinic law.
Grateful Thanks for the Mishna Yomit Dedication of
Rabbi Louis Leifer and Mrs. Miriam D. Leifer z"l
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